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Viking age bone comb based on a find from Sweden.
Ornate replica of a historical bone comb of the Viking Age, made entirely by hand from genuine bone.
The replica of this Viking bone comb is made on base to an original find from the Swedish Viking Age to 900 AD.
Dimensions 13 x 3.8 cm.
Bone combs were already widespread at the time of the Celts and Romans, and they were equally used by the Vikings until the Middle Ages for daily hair care.
Because unlike commonly believed, hygiene and cleanliness were certainly very important to our ancestors. Thus, combs of bones and horn are very frequently found in the archaeological material of the Viking age.